And Hartley was pleased to welcome the duo back and off an injury list which hasn’t let up much since he arrived at the club.

He said: “We’ve had injuries and illness. Sibbald and Tom trained for the first time [on Tuesday]. They’ve done a lot of running.”

Asked on Sibbald he added: “He has a finesse about him, he can create and has a bit of quality.

“We saw that in training. He was nice and bright and we’ll see how he is over the days and where he is with sharpness. He’s done a lot of running and rehab stuff so to have him back would be a big boost to everybody.

He’ll be frustrated about not playing but hoipefully now he can effect it. He’s not had a lot of match time but it’s great to have him in the squad.”

However there are still plenty of injury victims among the Bairns.

Hartley added: “(Conrad)Balatoni is back, (Paul) Watson is touch and go, same as (Joe) McKee and young Tony (Gallacher). We’ve got some back but not everyone.

“We’ve not had a full group available to pick from us but that’s the challenge of a manager to make the best squad available to us.”